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Shipyards seek salvation in wind power
Leading Korean shipbuilders are diversifying into the wind power industry in the face of a sharp drop in new shipbuilding orders and the growing challenge from Chinese rivals. While Hyundai Heavy is hurrying to begin operation at its wind-facility plant in Korea this month, Samsung Heavy has secured a bridgehead ...
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A first for NYK Shipmanagement
NYK Shipmanagement Singapore is taking competence management to new heights after it recently became the first Asian ship manager to be certified in accordance with the DNV standard for competence management system. The NYK competence management system is based on a set of officer competence standards in compliance with specifications ...
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Todd wins two more car ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) has signed a contract with Todd Shipyards to build two 64-car ferries at a total cost of $114 million. The decision comes after the Seattle shipbuilder submitted the lone, $114m bid to build the vessels, which also have capacity for 750 passengers. The shipyard has 20 ...
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New shipyard to be built in Vladivostok
Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation and Chinese shipbuilder Yantai Raffles have signed a joint venture agreement to build a large shipyard in Vladivostok, on Russia's Pacific coast, at a cost of $200m. Yantai Raffles, founded by Singaporean Brian Cheng, was taken over recently by CIMC, the world?s largest container manufacturer. Yantai ...
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Wärtsilä strengthens its ship design services in Brazil
The Finnish engine manufacturer, Wärtsilä, has strengthened its presence within the Brazilian maritime industry by incorporating Wärtsilä Ship Design into Wärtsilä's Brazilian operations. A full range of local engineering services will now be available to shipowners, offshore operators and shipyards in Brazil. Customers will now also be able to benefit ...
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Hyundai breaks boxship order drought
A Middle East oil tanker operator has ordered the first container ship order anywhere in the world since October 2008. The state-owned Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company has placed an order for two gearless 1,060 TEU container ships with South Korea?s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, according to London shipbroker Clarkson.This is ...
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Shipbuilders to meet in Berlin
Global shipbuilding executives will meet in Berlin, Germany, at the end of October for the 18th annual JECKU Top Executive Meeting. From 28 to 30 October, the JECKU convention, an acronym of Japan, Europe, China, Korea and the United States, will see the leaders in world shipbuilding discuss the impact ...
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NewsLargest thruster gains Asian order
The azimuthing propulsion unit from Berg has gained an important Asian orderBerg Propulsion has secured the first Asian reference for its Berg Azimuth Thruster (BAT), launched earlier this year, in what is also the first order to involve the product?s installation by a Chinese yard.Berg has signed a contract with ...
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Kongsberg DP simulator first to achieve DNV approval
Kongsberg Maritime announced that its Polaris Dynamic Positioning simulator is the first to achieve DNV approval to the stringent Class A standard. The company has also achieved DNV approval to Class A standards for its Bridge Operation simulator including class notification of DP, Ice Navigation, High Speed Craft and Tug ...
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ThyssenKrupp, Abu Dhabi MAR Group in ship deal
Shipbuilder Abu Dhabi MAR Group plans to form a joint venture with Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG to design and build naval frigates and offshore patrol vessels.MAR Group said the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding on the 50-50 joint venture, to be called Blohm+Voss Naval. The deal will also give ...
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NewsNew turbocharger for MAN range
The first TCA33 in MAN Diesel's Augsburg plantMAN Diesel?s Turbocharger Business Unit has announced the introduction of a new product to extend its existing TCA range of axial turbochargers. The TCA33 has been specifically designed to meet the needs of the MAN Diesel V28/33D engine, based on two turbochargers being ...
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New Chinese engine licence agreement signed
Wärtsilä Corporation and Zhuhai Yuchai Marine Power Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Co Ltd, have jointly signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä RT-flex low-speed marine diesel engines by Zhuhai Yuchai Marine Power in China. The agreement grants Zhuhai Yuchai Marine Power ...
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NewsShipbuilding report says bulk carrier fleet will grow
Bulk carriers - a growth sector?A new report, released by Lloyd?s Register - Fairplay Research, predicts that the world?s dry bulk carrier fleet will continue to show strong growth over the next five years, spurred largely by surging demand for iron ore and metallurgical coal to feed China?s undiminished appetite ...
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GL backs condition-based monitoring
According to Germanischer Lloyd, maintenance costs represent nearly 20% of all shipping operational costs. Independent sources say that expenditure on repairs and maintenance has increased lately across all vessel categories. In respect to repairs and maintenance there are significant variations in the cost movements experienced within individual vessel categories. The ...
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EU ship evacuation survey underway
An EU-funded program of research, led by BMT Group, is evaluating the effectiveness of ship evacuation models. Named Safeguard, the project is addressing requirements recently highlighted by the IMO Fire Protection Sub-Committee, which specify the need for more information on additional ways of evacuating a vessel during an emergency.Currently the ...
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Uprated MAN Diesel V28/33D Tier-II engine launched
The new version of MAN Diesel's 28/33D engine boasts an improved design and is available in 12-, 16- and 20-cylinder versions, with respective power outputs of 5,460, 7,280 and 9,100 kW. With a 10% overload possible for one hour every six hours, these outputs rise to 6,000, 8,000 and 10,000 ...
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Only the fittest shipbuilders to survive downturn
Headquartered in Germany, DVB Bank AG predicts that the next several years will be tough for shipbuilders across the world and only the fittest would survive. Geir Sjurseth, the managing director and global head of offshore for the lender that specializes in transport finance, said majority of the maritime companies ...
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Carnival time for Korean shipbuilders
Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras recently met with South Korean shipbuilding-related delegate, comprising Kim Tae-ho, the governor of South Gyungsang province and officials from four shipbuilders in the province, in Rio de Janeiro and disclosed its massive drillship newbuilding plan. Petrobras vice-president Duque said the company intends to officially announce ...
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Bergen terminates Russian contracts
The two Russian-owned shipping companies Aqueda Shipping Limited and Mariora Shipping Limited have not achieved funding for the construction of two advanced trawlers within the time that was agreed in the contract with Bergen Group's subsidiary Bergen Group BMV. Deliveries of the two trawlers were estimated at the end of ...
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STX wins order for eco-friendly PSV
The Limassol-based Norwegian offshore supply company Deep Sea Supply Plc has awarded a contract to STX Europe for the design and building of a platform supply vessel. The new PSV 09 CD design, optimized for eco-drive in all weather conditions, is designed by STX Norway Offshore Design in Ålesund, Norway. ...
